by Josh Niland
“The new expansion will be connected to Frank Gehry’s original museum complex via a tunnel, according to the local outlet El Correo. The Guggenheim has been promoting the idea on and off since 2008…”
#guggenheimbilbao
A Plagiarism Row Ignited Over Paintings of a Black Cowboy at the Guggenheim. Now, Both Works Will Be Shown Side by Side
by Sarah Cascone
“The controversy exploded after some noticed a Spanish artist’s paintings of a Black cowboy borrowed directly from a film by Dayday.”
#guggenheimbilbao
Mural Compass: Nevada’s 7 Most colorful Communities
by Travel Nevada
Scroll through these communities and see the impact the Basques have had on them.
#basqueinginart
Gipuzkoa gives you the chance to be a digital pilgrim
by Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
“Historical and religious tourism just got a great digital boost with the unveiling of the ‘Ignaziotar Lurraldea 360’ (Ignatian Territory 360) virtual tour platform. This was done by the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council’s Tourism Department (Spain) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the religious conversion of the founder of the Jesuit Order, St Ignatius Loyola, and the 400th anniversary of his being promoted to sainthood.”
#basquehistory
Guernica: Spain’s Government Refuses to Let Picasso’s Civil War Masterpiece be Displayed in the Basque Country’s Guggenheim Museum
by Elena Gocmen Rueda
“The picture, depicting the 1937 bombing of the Basque town of the same name, has never been displayed in the region.”
#picassosguernica
Basque exhibit at historic Kern City bakery
by Robert Price
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The humble old structure in the southeastern corner of the Kern County Museum grounds might be unremarkable in appearance but its story is that of Kern County’s founding – a major piece of it, anyway.
#preservingbasquehistory